Ocean Trash

[manifold]

Ocean trash problem 'far from being solved,' U.N. says - CNN.com

Scientists have been watching trash pile up in the world's oceans for about a half-century, when plastics came into widespread use. Since plastics don't biodegrade, or do so very slowly, the trash tends to remain in the ocean, where circling currents collect the material in several marine "garbage patches." One of these trashy areas is said to be roughly the size of Texas. The water in these at-sea landfills is thick like a plastic soup, oceanographers told CNN.

But we shouldn't really worry about such small issues as this when we have global warming to solve.

 

[WillowTree]

 

[Teo Smith]

It is useful to consider that environmental policy comprises two major terms: environment and policy. Environment primarily refers to the ecological (ecosystems) dimension, but can also take account of social (quality of life) dimension and an economic (resource management) dimension.

 

[strollingbones]

o hell the world is ending in 2012....no worries